– Traditional Right – The new Marine Corps Commandant, General David H. Berger, has issued his Planning Guidance, which gives his commander’s intent for the next four years. As I wrote in my last column, it is a positive, even exciting, document that offers hope the Marine Corps can reshape itself to do what its doctrine of maneuver warfare requires. That said, it also raises questions in several important respects.
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It’s Time to Talk About A2/AD: Rethinking the Russian Military Challenge
– War on the Rocks – America’s strategy community has a problem that it likes to call “A2/AD,” and while the symptoms are very real, in the case of Russia strategists and planners have largely misdiagnosed the nature of the challenge.
USS Wasp Heading to U.S. in Homeport Shift; USS America Goes to Japan Later This Year
– USNI News – After less than two years forward-deployed, big deck amphib USS Wasp (LHD-1) has left Japan.
Surface Forces Striving for ‘Combat-Ready Ships, Battle-Minded Crews’
– USNI News – The head of the Navy’s surface force is pushing the fleet to be more ready for high-end combat, both in the skills of the crew and the material condition of the ships.
The Fleet Problem Exercises: An Investment in the Future
– CIMSEC – Innovation and experimentation are never free and rarely cheap, but the Fleet Problems of the Interwar Navy offer a successful case study of how to go to sea to prepare for war even with limited resources.
Why the Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands are Like a Toothpaste Tube
– War on the Rocks – Consisting of five core islands and several minor features in the East China Sea, the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands (Japan calls them Senkakushotō, while the China uses the name Diaoyudao) are not much in terms of size — the biggest is only a bit larger than New York City’s Central Park. But they loom large as a potential cause of armed conflict — if not war – between the region’s major powers.
Undersea Surveillance: Supplementing the ASEAN Indo-Pacific Outlook
– CIMSEC – Successful tracking foreign submarines would make the ASEAN Outlook more valid in the Indo-Pacific geostrategic landscape.
AI Will Change War, But Not in the Way You Thing
– War on the Rocks – AI is sure to permeate every aspect of warfighting — from movement to communication, logistics, intelligence, weapons, and people. Delivering these warfare-changing technologies to the frontlines and into American hands will depend on less glamorous activities — namely, expediting the procurement process to more quickly field AI, and securing supply chains by collaborating with U.S. companies.
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The New Commandant’s Planning Guidance
– Traditional Right – The new Marine Corps Commandant, General David H. Berger, recently issued his Planning Guidance, a document which states his commander’s intent and sets the direction the Marine Corps will take over the next four years. In this case, it is a remarkable statement which, if turned into effective action, could finally transform the Marine Corps into a military that can do maneuver warfare instead of just talk about it.
World War II Teaches Us How World War III Could Happen (And Would Be Hell)
– National Interest – Bottom line, there’s a whiff of the 1930s in the air in East Asia today.
China Studies the Contours of the Gray Zone
– National Interest – Beijing strategists go to school on Russian tactics in the Black Sea.
USS Harry S. Truman Suffers Major Electrical Malfunction, Raising Questions About Upcoming Deployment
– USNI News – Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is experiencing a malfunction of the ship’s electrical distribution system ahead of an expected deployment this fall.
F-35s Obsolete? Russia Has Lots of Thoughts on the Future of Aircraft Carriers
– National Interest – Carrier advocates will often make the dubious claim that a couple of missiles or even a torpedo could not actually sink these hulking ships. Perhaps not, but please try to imagine the armada that would have to be assembled to rescue a disabled ship of this stature.
Shadowy New Electronic Warfare System Has Been Installed On U.S. Navy 7th Fleet Ships
– War Zone – The mysterious modular system with a peculiar past is designated AN/SLQ-59 and has been quietly deployed on Asia-based U.S. surface combatants.
Here’s What Russia Thinks About the Future of America’s Aircraft Carriers
– National Interest – Envious but also dubious.
Love, Carl
– War on the Rocks – This short story was submitted in response to the call for ideas issued by the co-chairs of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, Eric Schmidt and Robert Work. It addresses the first question (part b.) which asks authors to consider what might happen if the United States fails to develop robust AI capabilities that address national security issues.
SecDef & Marines Want To Disperse Across Pacific, But It’s Hard
– Breaking Defense – Concerns over a new Okinawa airfield, and how to get Marines across vast swaths of ocean, are complicating American plans to spread forces across the Pacific.
The U.S. Navy Isn’t Building ‘Battleships’ Anymore
– National Interest – Over the years it’s become commonplace for writers to sex up their descriptions of guided-missile destroyer (DDG) Zumwalt, the U.S. Navy’s newest surface combatant. Commentators of such leanings depict the ultra-high-tech DDG-1000 as a battleship. Better yet, it’s a “stealth battleship”—a fit subject for sci-fi! Not so.
China gifted frigate formally joins Sri Lanka Navy
– Global Times – Sri Lanka Navy held commissioning ceremony at the Colombo port on Thursday for China-gifted frigate “P625”, renamed “Parakramabahu”.
There Is Only 1 Way to Save the Aircraft Carrier from the ‘Scraper’: Study Battleships
– National Interest – How can the U.S. Navy prolong the relevance of its big-deck aircraft carriers amid increasingly menacing surroundings?
For the Want of a Nail: Surface Connectors in Expeditionary Operations
– War on the Rocks – The Defense Department should sustain and expand its existing intermediate sealift and expeditionary logistics capability until it either has a plan to replace these vital assets — or a concept of operations that doesn’t require it — lest the fight be lost for the want of a nail.
Coast Guard a Continuing ‘Force Multiplier’ with Navy in Global Missions
– USNI News – The Coast Guard’s ability to fold into the U.S. joint armed forces to protect America’s interests globally has “never been more relevant,” a senior Coast Guard officer in the Pacific region told a Navy audience.
US Navy’s top officer sounds off on his way out the door
– Defense News – Before he headed out the door, Defense News sat down with Richardson in his mostly empty office to talk about the state of the Navy, great power competition, partnerships in Europe and the submarine industrial base.
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